Has the faculty search gotten worse?

[Anonymous]

I just ran a faculty search for a leading R01 university in engineering. We got 300+ applications (another department got 800) and had to turn away ridiculously amazing applicants. When you said "has the faculty search gotten worse" I was thinking you meant "more competitive for applicants."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just ran a faculty search for a leading R01 university in engineering. We got 300+ applications (another department got 800) and had to turn away ridiculously amazing applicants. When you said "has the faculty search gotten worse" I was thinking you meant "more competitive for applicants."

Then why not choose the most qualified and best applicants from the best schools. Stop the DEI craze and give people an $80,000 education

[Anonymous]

Reminiscent of the obscure Wisconsin faculty postings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reminiscent of the obscure Wisconsin faculty postings.

Context?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those are fine professors. No, they aren't household names, but everyone has to start out assistant and make themselves known. There's an economist from UChicago, a Princeton classicist, and a legal studies professor from Harvard. An uninteresting lineup but they'll make themselves known.

I'm checking through their pages and it looks like they are amateurs. Sakeef Karim, one of the new full time faculty, has only published 3 articles, has only gotten small grant funding, and has less research experience than a newly minted PhD student...How this person is getting a position at Amherst College is very very suspicious.

He has 2 articles published in the top 3 journals in sociology. Two of his articles are sole-authored. He is a beginning assistant professor. You do not know the field, and you don’t know what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Academe doesn't pay very well (unless you are at a top school) and expects a lot of work.

You'd think Amherst could get Princeton, Berkeley, Harvard level candidates. Really crazy to see the decline so quickly

They can and do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Academe doesn't pay very well (unless you are at a top school) and expects a lot of work.

You'd think Amherst could get Princeton, Berkeley, Harvard level candidates. Really crazy to see the decline so quickly

They can and do.

There's evidence right here showing they do not. There's people from Iowa teaching at Amherst now for crying out loud!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Amherst has hit bottom. Stay away!!!

Is this true? My kid is looking to apply.

Of course not. Amherst and Williams are the top two LACs, on a prestige level of T15s, by anyone who knows anything. It is a feeder(tier 1) to top med schools and is a top phD feeder too. Graduates are highly respected. Ignore PP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Academe doesn't pay very well (unless you are at a top school) and expects a lot of work.

You'd think Amherst could get Princeton, Berkeley, Harvard level candidates. Really crazy to see the decline so quickly

They can and do.

There's evidence right here showing they do not. There's people from Iowa teaching at Amherst now for crying out loud!

Ever hear of Iowa Writers Workshop? I’d love to learn from the best while enjoying an open curriculum at Amherst.

My kids are not applying there, so no skin in this game. But you all sound a bit off. To each their own?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just ran a faculty search for a leading R01 university in engineering. We got 300+ applications (another department got 800) and had to turn away ridiculously amazing applicants. When you said "has the faculty search gotten worse" I was thinking you meant "more competitive for applicants."

Then why not choose the most qualified and best applicants from the best schools. Stop the DEI craze and give people an $80,000 education

Just stop with the misinformation! You are just making things up to troll.

[Anonymous]

Maybe Amherst is getting what it deserves: look at how many of those people are in crappy VAP or lecturer positions compared to tenure track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Academe doesn't pay very well (unless you are at a top school) and expects a lot of work.

You'd think Amherst could get Princeton, Berkeley, Harvard level candidates. Really crazy to see the decline so quickly

They can and do.

There's evidence right here showing they do not. There's people from Iowa teaching at Amherst now for crying out loud!

Truly, the Midwest could not possibly produce a brilliant scholar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Amherst is getting what it deserves: look at how many of those people are in crappy VAP or lecturer positions compared to tenure track.

What's that supposed to mean? Amherst is getting what it budgets for, which is not permanent positions. In which case you all REALLY need to give these people a break, no mid-career scholar with multiple books is going to move for a VAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe Amherst is getting what it deserves: look at how many of those people are in crappy VAP or lecturer positions compared to tenure track.

What's that supposed to mean? Amherst is getting what it budgets for, which is not permanent positions. In which case you all REALLY need to give these people a break, no mid-career scholar with multiple books is going to move for a VAP.

Amherst should have the budget for permanent faculty. Reduce the financial aid handout kids and provide a good education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Academe doesn't pay very well (unless you are at a top school) and expects a lot of work.

You'd think Amherst could get Princeton, Berkeley, Harvard level candidates. Really crazy to see the decline so quickly

They can and do.

There's evidence right here showing they do not. There's people from Iowa teaching at Amherst now for crying out loud!

Truly, the Midwest could not possibly produce a brilliant scholar

Can you name one that isn't in Chicago? I'll wait.